Author's notes: Hey guys so I'm finally active again! This chapter will contain a lot of Kono/Karly interactions. I wasn't exactly sure how this chapter would end but you know, going with the flow! Enjoy!

"Hey Steve where are you?" Danny asked, sounding a little worried.

"Hey I'm on my way to Karly's school; apparently she got into a fight with another girl after cheerleading practice."

"Well now I know for sure she's not adopted, that temper doesn't come naturally you know." Danny said, Steve feeling Danny smirking.

"Ergh you're so tedious Danno, just tell Kono where I'm headed okay?"

"Roger that."

"Hi Principal Tanner." Steve said as he opened the door and saw a scratched Karly and another girl and her parents, probably the girl Karly fought with.

"How do you do Commander McGarrett, sit down and we'll get down to business." Tanner gestured.

"So what did my daughter do exactly?"

"Your daughter and Jessie here apparently engaged in a physical fight on school grounds after cheerleading practice." Tanner said seriously. Steve turned to Jessie and her parents.

"Well if that's so I'm truly sorry for what my daughter did to Jessie, I promise it won't happen again." Steve said apologetically as Karly scowled.

"No it's completely okay, our Jessie isn't innocent either. I think it may be just the stress for both kids really." Jessie's parent said understandingly.

"So what's gonna happen for those two?" Steve asked.

"We condemn physical violence here in Kukui so we take these things very seriously but seeing as this is both girls' first offense, they'll both receive 5 school detentions, 3 of them being after school detentions and both will complete 30 hours of community work and 3 therapy sessions." Tanner said as both parties breathed a sigh of relief. The punishment was far less severe than Karly first thought, but as she fancied a glance at Jessie who shot her a disgusted look. Steve didn't say anything as they walked back to their car, deadly quiet.

"Dad… look… I'm sorry for this I really am. I don't know what came over me I just… had enough of Jessie pissing me off all the time and I just snapped." Karly said tentatively.

"Karly, do you realize how serious this could've been? You could've been charged with assault and face criminal charges if you had hurt that girl further. This isn't a game Karly, we're talking about Juvie and a criminal record here. I mean, what were you thinking Karly? What happened to you?" Steve sai seriously, eerily sounding like a similar speech he gave to Kono sometime ago. When he saw his daughter, he doesn't know what to think anymore.

"Dad I said I'm sorry what else do you want me to do? She provoked me first!" Karly said defensively, firing up. Although she knew what she did was wrong, there was a sense of justification of her actions too.

"Do you realize how much jeopardy you just put my custody case in?" Steve said, not backing down either.

"Yes I realized I made a mistake dad, why do you have to keep snarling on about it?" Karly huffed. They drove in angry silence for the rest of the trip home and as soon as they got home, Karly grabbed her surf board and ran to the beach. She couldn't stand being around Steve at that time and she knew he needed some space too. The beach was deserted so she quite happily surfed by herself for awhile. It gave her time to think everything over, with the custody issue and all this school crap, she just didn't want to re enter reality anymore.

"Hey, can I sit?" Kono said gently as she found Karly by the beach, sitting by herself overlooking the ocean.

"Yea go for it, I'm assuming my dad told you what happened?"

"Yea and he got annoyed at me for having a chuckle about this whole thing. If you ask me, you both are over reacting to each other." Kono smiled.

"Shouldn't you be telling me off and say how wrong my actions were today?"

"No, well yes but to be honest, I can't really talk down to you. You know I got suspended from high school?" Kono reminisced, getting a chuckle from Karly.

"REALLY? That's… unexpected to say the least. What did you do?"

"Another story another day Karly but you have to let your dad take this one."

"Why so he can use it against me every chance he gets? No thanks, plus I never back down, not from anything." Karly said stubbornly. Well at least she's not adopted, Kono thought.

"Seriously what is it with you McGarretts? You guys cannot let someone else win for once? Did you have an extra dose of competitive gene in you?" Kono exclaimed.

"I think I got a double dose, my mum and dad is both competitive people, probably why they fought so much. I don't mean to butt heads with him it's just that sometimes he infuriates me so much! I mean I know punching Jessie was wrong but come on! That girl was hardly innocent." Karly finished indignantly.

"I know Karly believe me I know but there's gonna be times in life that you're gonna have to just suck it up and deal with. Jessie's just a typical teenage girl; she's just upset you stole her spotlight." Kono said understandingly.

"I never asked for any of her freaking spotlight though! I would gladly give all her spotlight back but I can't shake it off." Karly huffed.

"Yea and that's a perfect example of when you should just suck it up and deal with it. It's something you can't shake right? So instead of fighting it, you might as well try to adapt to it, maybe make it a positive light you know? Now I know I'm not your mother or anything so I can't tell you what to do but frankly I don't want to. I'm just here to give you advice on what I've learnt and hope that you make the best decision for YOURSELF." Kono said wisely. Karly kind of was just blown away by that mini speech. She's never heard a mother figure say that to her before, certainly not Megan. With Kono… she actually believes that Karly should make her own decisions.

"Well you know you're the closest I'm gonna get to a mother figure so what the heck. Everyone at school, they expect so much from me and I don't even know why. I mean all this summer dance pressure is getting on my nerves and I don't know what to do about it." Karly confessed. She figured since Kono was there and willing to listen, might as well try.

"Ahh the joy of high school dances." Kono said, smiling to herself.

"I'm guessing you were quite the slut aye." Karly smirked.

"What? No of course not! It just brings back a lot of memories that's all. Well why don't you just save yourself the fuss and go with Lucas."

"Because… I don't know really. I mean he's the best and everything but I never thought about him in any other way other than friends and I'm afraid this dance might just change that dynamic." Karly said, sighing heavily. It was clear to Kono that Karly was trying hard to suppress her feelings but slowly, she could see it seeping through.

"That's quite the dilemma aye? I won't tell you who to pick but I will say this: that guy is smitten. And when I say smitten, I don't mean crushing I mean real feelings."

"But… I've never really liked anyone before. My mum's always telling me that emotions are for the weak so gradually I've learnt to switch it all off. Now because of that I don't really know what to do, never experience something like this you know?" Karly said as Kono was shocked to her core. What sort of person is Megan?

"I'm telling you right now, when you like someone it's the best feeling ever. Sure you may get hurt a few times on the way, but if you don't take risks, what's the point in life?" Kono challenged Karly.

"I don't know, up till now I've been so shielded from the harshness of real life. With all of mum's great philosophies and all that money, I've never known what it's like to be challenged. Lucas… he brings out the best in me and I know I may be young but I… think I really do like him." Karly confessed, finally getting that out of her chest.

"Never say that Karly, you're never too young for anything. Life's short kid, trust me I'm a cop I've seen countless children's lives ending in a split second. You don't know what's going to happen and you don't know when but make every single second before that count."

"Huh I never took you as a particularly wise person." Karly said, laughing.

"I'm full of wisdom baby." Kono said, also bursting out in laughter.

BZZ BZZ. It was Karly's phone.

I'm sorry, come home so we can talk.

Dad.

"Huh what do you know Kono, I may have just got an apology from my dad." Karly said, smiling at the phone screen.

"Better take that apology and run Karly, it's better than anything I've ever gotten from him." Kono winked as Karly waved goodbye.

When Karly got to the front of her house, she immediately noticed something really suspicious. The door… it was left ajar. Karly immediately felt in her pocket and gripped the pepper spray Steve had told her to keep by her side at all times.

"Dad…?" Karly said carefully as she examined the house before entering. Huh, no response, Karly thought.

"Didn't daddy tell you to look before entering?" A deep and creepy voice whispered. Before Karly had a chance to turn around, a chloroform cloth strangled her mouth and before she knew it, all was black.

So what did you guys think of this chapter? Did you like Kono/Karly? Do you think Karly actually likes Lucas and vice versa? Finally, what about the cliff hanger at the end huh? Got inspired by that awesome season finale we got!

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